Online Orientation

Online Student Information

Thank you for choosing The Florida State University College of Business's online graduate program. We wish you success as you pursue your studies. Below are weblinks and information to assist you.

Getting Started

Online orientation

• Step 1 - Generate an FSUID (FSU Computer Account)
• Step 2 -Request an FSUCard
• Take Online Orientation

Registration - http://campus.fsu.edu

• Registration window opens on Monday, Dec. 20, 2010, at 8 a.m. and closes on Friday, Jan. 3, 2010, at midnight.
• One month before registration begins students will receive an e-mail giving specific course registration information.

 

Course and Graduate Student Communication Organization access

Blackboard, located at http://campus.fsu.edu is the university academic portal. Blackboard provides the university community a secure environment to access your courses and the COB Graduate student organizations. One tab in Blackboard takes you to Secure Applications to transact university business.

• Log on to Blackboard - http://campus.fsu.edu with your FSU ID
• Questions regarding Blackboard, contact Joanna Southerland at: joanna.southerland@fsu.edu
• Blackboard Student Manual http://learningforlife.fsu.edu/online/usingbb/Bb8features.cfm

 

Schedules

• MS-MIS
• MBA
• MSM-RMI

 

Program Advisor

• MBA Advisor: Kim Burkes
• MIS Advisor: Freddi Robinson
• RMI Advisor: Freddi Robinson

 

Textbooks

• MS-MIS
• MBA
• MSM-RMI

 

Semester beginning and ending dates

• Classes for the spring semester begin Jan. 4, 2010, and end Apr. 29, 2010.
• University Calendar
• Academic Calendar

 

Mandatory 1st Day Attendance Policy

• University policy requires all students to attend the first day of class for each of their courses. "Attending" for a distance learner is defined by making contact with the instructor per the instructor's directions at the beginning of the term. Students who do not attend the first class meeting of a registered course will be dropped from the course by the academic department that offers the course. This policy applies to all levels of courses and to all campuses and study centers. It remains the student's responsibility to verify course drops and to check that fees are adjusted.

 

Financial Information

Tuition and Fees

• Tuition payment for spring 2011 is due on Jan. 14, 2010. If fees are not paid by Jan. 14 deadline, schedules are subject to cancellation.
• Pay online
• VA deferments – Contact Cheryl Goodson with the Office of the Registrar at: cgoodson@admin.fsu.edu (make contact early)
• Agency billings - Contact Iola Sawyer with Student Financial Services at: osawyer@admin.fsu.edu (make contact early)
• Financial Aid deferments - Contact the Office of Financial Aid
• Fee Payment Questions - Contact Student Financial Services

 

Financial Aid

• Office of Financial Aid
• A minimum of six semester hours is required for financial aid. Please note: The last semester of the MBA program is only three semester hours.

 

Drop and add / withdrawing / cancellation

• Drop and add – Students have until midnight, Jan. 7, 2010 (Eastern Standard Time) to drop a course without fee liability. Students have until Feb. 18, 2010, to drop a course without receiving a grade.
• Withdrawing – Students have until Feb. 18, 2010, to withdraw without receiving a grade. Apr. 22, 2010 is the last day to officially withdraw from school. Contact Withdrawal Services at 850-644-1741.
• Cancellation – Students have until the fourth day of classes, Jan. 7, 2010, to request cancellation of their enrollment and have fees removed. Contact Registrar Office for cancellations.
• To drop a class after the fourth day of the semester, sign into Blackboard, click on Secure Apps and then select the Course Drop Tool.

 

Grade maintenance

• A graduate student is required to maintain a cumulative 3.0 grade point average.
• No course hours with a grade below "C-" will be credited on the graduate degree.

 

Retention Policy

The University retention policy for graduate students is: Students must maintain a 3.0 GPA in all course work taken at the graduate level. The University’s policy will be followed subject to the following conditions set by the College of Business:

 

Each student in a masters program, whether admitted as a regular or provisional student, may be subject to dismissal under the following circumstances:

1. Whenever a student falls a total of 12 or more quality points below a 3.0 average; or
2. 2.Obtaining a grade of “D” or “F” in any course, or two “C’s” in any one semester, regardless of cumulative grade point average. The grade of “IE” will be counted as an “F” and can be cause for dismissal.

Graduate Student Handbook

Office of Graduate Studies at FSU.

 

Administration and support staff

Graduate Programs Office

• Bruce Lamont, associate dean for graduate program. 850/ 644-9846
• Melanie Yeager, director of graduate programs, 850/644-7837, mgyeager@cob.fsu.edu
• Jennifer Boyles, assistant director of graduate programs, 850/644-0132, jaboyles@cob.fsu.edu
• Lisa Beverly, director of admissions, 850/644-6458, lbeverly@cob.fsu.edu
• Kim Burkes, online registrar (MBA), 850/644-8410, kburkes@cob.fsu.edu
• Freddi Robinson, online registrar (MIS & RMI), 850/644-5120, frobinson@cob.fsu.edu

 

Online Support (Blackboard)

• Joanna Southerland, director of graduate support services, 850/644-1480, joanna.southerland@fsu.edu
• Andrew Burgess, graduate programs multimedia and communications specialist, 850/766-4313, adburgess@cob.fsu.edu

 

Communication

• Mike Baggett, graduate communications and marketing, 850/644-7837, mbaggett@cob.fsu
• Andrew Burgess, graduate programs multimedia and communications specialist, 850/766-4313, adburgess@cob.fsu.edu

 

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